philistinize

Example:The new administration's efforts were seen as an attempt to materialize a philosophy of philistinism.

Definition:To bring into existence or material form; to make real or perceptible.

Example:They accused the mayor of philistinizing the city by focusing on superficial improvements without concerning themselves with deeper issues of culture and community.

Definition:To make a person or a culture more concerned with material, physical, or mechanical pursuits than with mental or intellectual ones.

Example:The younger generation felt that the older one was philistinizing, or crassifying, society by promoting crass materialism.

Definition:To make something or someone coarse, vulgar, or rough.

Example:Her work aimed to expose those who philistinized society, or corroded it with their narrow worldviews.

Definition:To deteriorate, especially morally; to undermine the moral fiber or character of something or someone through exposure to negative influences.